Effects of morphodynamic state on macrofauna community of exposed sandy beaches on Galician coast (NW Spain)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 150-159

  de la Huz, Rosario ^a   Lastra, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intertidal species; Macrofauna community; Morphodynamic state; Sandy beaches; Semiterrestrial species

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 44849126967     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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